Corazon Cattle Company
Santa Gertrudis Breeding Stock

Beefing Up Business

Santa Gertrudis

Corazon Cattle Company currently runs 50 + head of mother cows. Corazon's initial herd consisted of mother cows purchased from:

  • Red Doc Farms in Belen, New Mexico
  • Warren Harris of Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • And several Santa Gertrudis breeders in Texas.
  • A herd sire was purchased from Wendt Ranch in Bay City, Texas and placed in production in April 2004. His lineage of calves began in 2005.

American Breeds Coalition

Paul Donisthorpe is a member of the Board of Directors of Santa Gertrudis Breeders International and a member of the American Breeds Coalition, a cooperative venture of breeders of American Breeds:

  • Brahman
  • Braford
  • Brangus
  • Red Brangus
  • Beefmaster
  • Santa Gertrudis
  • Simbrah

Paul is a New Mexico native and grew up on a farm near Bloomfield. A graduate of Bloomfield High School, he was active in FFA and served as a State Officer.

He graduated with a degree in management from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Paul Donisthorpe founded Corazon Cattle Company in 2003 to foster commercial utilization of American beef breeds to the U.S. beef industry.